Bogle double takes Grimsby back to League

Bogle is mobbed by his team-mates after scoring the first of his two goals against Forest Green at WembleyAdam Davy/PA

Grimsby Town emerged victorious from the Vanarama National League promotion final at Wembley yesterday to earn a return to the Football League after a six-year absence.

Paul Hurst, the victorious Grimsby manager, said: “It’s a fantastic achievement. Those players, rightly so, will go down in the club’s history. It’s far from job done yet. We want to make sure that we’re a Football League club for a long time to come and, if possible, see if we can move the club even further forward.”

For Forest Green Rovers, who finished second in the league, two places higher than Grimsby, there was only disappointment. The Gloucestershire club were beaten to the league title by Cheltenham Town and had sacked Ady Pennock, the manager, a week before…

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